Online academies

Tutor LMS for online academies with many courses and instructors

A growing catalogue, several instructors, bundles and memberships, reviews and a community. We build academies on Tutor LMS that scale with your catalogue.

  • Catalogue with categories and filters
  • Multiple instructors and revenue sharing
  • Bundles, memberships and subscriptions
What is included
  • Course catalogue
  • Instructors
  • Revenue sharing
  • Bundles and subscriptions
  • Reviews and Q&A
  • Community
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The problem

What academies need

An online academy is more than a course website. It has a catalogue students browse, instructors who create and earn, pricing that mixes single courses, bundles and memberships, and a community that keeps students engaged between courses.

Tutor LMS includes much of this: course categories and tags, a course filter, reviews and Q&A, instructor revenue sharing with withdrawals, and with Pro, course bundles, subscriptions, the Multi Instructors add-on and BuddyPress integration.

  • Discoverability

    Students must find the right course among many.

  • Instructor management

    Approval, commissions and payouts.

  • Pricing mix

    Single courses, bundles and memberships together.

  • Retention

    Bringing students back for the next course.

What we do

How Tutor LMS fits

We build the catalogue, instructor system and pricing on Tutor LMS and Pro, then add engagement features that keep students coming back.

Course catalogue

Categories, tags and filters for browsing.

Instructors

Registration, approval and dashboards.

Revenue sharing

Commission rates and instructor withdrawals.

Bundles and subscriptions

Packaged courses and recurring plans (Pro).

Reviews and Q&A

Social proof and student questions.

Community

BuddyPress groups for courses (Pro).

Typical projects

Academy models

01

Design academy

Dozens of courses, monthly membership and a student community.

02

Instructor marketplace

External instructors publishing courses with a commission split.

03

Language school

Levels as bundles, live speaking classes and progress tracking.

04

Tech bootcamp

Cohorts, assignments and certificates.

In depth

Building an academy on Tutor LMS

Instructors and revenue

Tutor LMS records instructor earnings for each sale in its earnings table, using the commission split you set, and instructors request withdrawals through methods such as bank transfer, eCheck or PayPal. Instructor registration can be open or approval-based.

Pricing

Courses can be free or paid. Pro adds bundles (with expiry), subscription plans with trials, and membership plugin add-ons. We help you combine them without confusing buyers.

Growth

Academies grow in data and traffic. We plan hosting, caching and the database for growth. See performance optimization.

Process

How we deliver it

  1. 1

    Academy model

    Catalogue, instructors, pricing and community.

  2. 2

    Platform plan

    Features mapped to Tutor LMS, Pro and custom.

  3. 3

    Build

    Design, catalogue, instructors and checkout.

  4. 4

    Instructor onboarding

    Guides and support for your first instructors.

  5. 5

    Launch and grow

    Go-live and ongoing improvements.

Deliverables

What you walk away with

  • A scalable academy platform
  • Instructor system with revenue sharing
  • Flexible pricing
  • Engagement features
FAQ

Questions about online academies

Do we need Tutor LMS Pro?
It depends on the features listed above. We map your requirements to the free plugin, Pro and custom development before you buy anything.
Can instructors set their own prices?
Instructors can set prices when creating courses. Commission rules apply to every sale.
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